Daybreak is coming!
Verse for Today: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Psalms 30:5b – Weeping may last
for the night, but a shout for joy comes in the morning.
Night brings in darkness,
loneliness and isolation. Usually we endure more pain, apprehension and fear
during the night. It increases the grief of the sorrowful as there is no one
around to comfort and encourage. As we go through rough experiences in life,
night seems to be long and never ending and we long for the day to break. Sure
enough, day breaks and brightness floods into our perspectives. As each night
sets in, God comes to tell His suffering, grieved and lonely children that the
night will not last forever. God reminds us that our experiences of darkness,
pain, misery, persecution and isolation will not last forever. God has already shed
the glory of His Son into our affairs to brighten our hearts and faces. His
warmth will take away our cold, damp and lonely lives. When the Son shines in
our lives, all the darkness will disappear. Jacob had that assurance through a
vision at Bethel that his night will soon be over and that a bright day of
fellowship, family, livelihood and meaningfulness will set in to make him a
prince with God. Joseph had the assurance through his dreams that his life in
the pit or the prison will not last for long and will give way to elevating him
to the heights of God’s will for him and for the entire humanity. When God shut
the door of the ark, Noah knew by faith that one day soon the hands which shut
the door will also open it to a new world with a new horizon of a beautiful
rainbow. Peter believed that the prison gates will open before him for greater
ministries. God had already planned for John Mark to be discipled by Peter and for
the Gospel according to Mark to come out apart from the two Epistles by Peter
himself. Paul knew that the storms and the winds will end and that he would
safely land in Rome. Today our God comes to reassure us that the night that we
go through will soon give way to a brighter day full of rejoicing and praise to
our God.
Dear friend, are you experiencing
a time of dark night with loneliness, apprehensions and isolation lately? Is insomnia
a serious problem for you because of the anguishes that fill your heart? Today
God comes to reassure you that your night experiences will soon be over and
that a new and busy day of activities, ministries, fellowship, rejoicing and
praise will dawn. You will be able to see fresh rainbows of promises of God to
keep reminding you that God will be faithful in it. The prophet heard the voice
of the night watchers and found the reassurance that the night is about to be
over and that the day will soon break. Sometimes God allows the experience of
night for us to rest and relax and to prepare for the busy days that are ahead
of us. At other times, He permits nights in our lives so that we can see His
glory. Nights are also opportunity to recharge our spiritual batteries. But
there is a clear and definite reassurance that the night will not last forever and
that the bright morning of Sonshine will be upon us to revitalize us for vital
missions. As we wait, God gives us songs of faith and trust to sing along
during the darkest and loneliest moments of the night. Thus our nights can turn
into sweet time of praise to our God who is out there with us in the midst of
the stark and dark experiences. He tells us today to hang in there by faith and
wait for His daybreak.
Romans 13:12a – The night is
nearly over; the day is almost here.
Thought for Today
As we go through the dark, cloudy and cold nights of life, let us by
faith look forward to see an exciting daybreak soon.
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